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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






2. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






3. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






4. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






5. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






6. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






7. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






8. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






9. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






10. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






11. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






12. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






13. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






14. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






15. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






16. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






17. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






18. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






19. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






20. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






21. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






22. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






23. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






24. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






25. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






26. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






27. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






28. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






29. A product - result or service generated by a process






30. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






31. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






32. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






33. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






34. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






35. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






36. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






37. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






38. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






39. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






40. Float (total float - free float)






41. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






42. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






43. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






44. Budgeted cost of work performed






45. The process of completing each project procurement






46. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






47. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






48. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






49. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






50. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th